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Friday, 26 February 2016

If you want to make something quick to munch without any fuss, then you should give a try to some delicious chocolate bark, this chocolate bark are super easy to make and you can top it with anything from dry fruits to biscuits. If you have a gift list and dont know what to pack with less time, then this homemade chocolate bar will definitely suits prefectly to pack. When chocolate melted and covered with some chopped nuts or else with a medley of dried fruits and nuts makes this beauties.So simple and easy to make obviously you cant go wrong with this dark chocolate bark. Trust me you will just love making this incredible barks.

Thursday, 25 February 2016

Muesli, just love adding them in most of my drinks now, just to have my dose of fibre as they are loaded with my favourite wholegrain 'Oats' and dry fruits. Since ever we enjoyed thoroughly in smoothies and shakes, i couldnt resist to add them in most of my breakfast smoothie. Though am not a breakfast person, i love to grab and have a glass of smoothie without any fuss, this way i can finish my breakfast quickly without missing the goodness of fruits and wholegrains. Coming to my today's smoothie, i prepared this breakfast smoothie for my kids for their brunch as we are in vacation. When its vacation, nothing will happen at time, sometime we skip even our breakfast and go directly to lunch. But this time i dont want my kids to skip their breakfast and opted for this breakfast smoothie.

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

My kids are ardent fans of peanut butter and chocolate, obviously if i bake anything with peanut butter or with chocolate chips or else with both together, they will be double happy and enjoy having those bakes without any guilt. One among those baked goodies i have tried recently is this super flaky puffs which is simply stuffed with a teaspoon of smooth peanut butter which i topped with chocolate chips. This puffs goes for easy baking as well, this incredibly flaky puffs gets ready easily within 15-20minutes. Trust me, this puffs are seriously very dangerously addictive and kids will definitely go crazy if they saw this super flaky puffs.

Friday, 19 February 2016

Again an interesting drink i have prepared with red banana is this simple and highly healthy drink along with my favourite childhood bourbon biscuits. Bananas, this fruit can be added to anything you want to drink.Addition of bananas to anything gives excellent frothy and creamy texture, obviously i love to add bananas in most of the drinks i prepare. Bananas are not only rich in potassium, they also contains manganese, copper, vitamin B6 and pectin which is a type of fiber helps to heal stomach ulers etc. This Red banana milk came out extremely creamy, frothy, filling and a great alternative to your usual drink.Technically this drink is not milkn though it sounds like a shake you can drink this milk without any fuss for your breakfast.

Thursday, 18 February 2016

Muesli in a smoothie, dont get shocked. Trust me banana, muesli works awesome together in smoothies.Highly rich in fibre, this fruity, nutty breakfast smoothie fills your hungry tummy easily. If you are not a breakfast person like me, make this incredibly delicious smoothie with less efforts. If you dont like to have muesli simply for your breakfast with milk as much as cereals, just blend some soaked muesli with couple of fruits and yogurt to make this super healthy, filling breakfast smoothie. Easy to prepare, this smoothie suits absolutely prefect for anyone, especially for kids. Add their favourite fruit chunks along with yogurt, honey and muesli to prepare their smoothie. How quick to whisk na.

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Red Banana, i got a chance to enjoy this fruit during my India trip last year, it was a peak season of this fruit while i was in India, obviously i dont want to miss to make some interesting drinks out of this incredible fruit. This fruits have more beta carotene and vitamin C than the yellow Bananas. Its also contains potassium and iron. The redder the fruit, this fruit have more carotene and high in vitamin C. As much as like yellow bananas, red bananas are frequently eaten whole or chopped and added to most of the time in desserts and salads. Though red bananas are easily available, they are usually sold in dried form.

Friday, 12 February 2016

Pomegranate, this incredible fruit is loaded with many interesting healthy facts in it. Yes pomegranate juice have three times more the antioxidant activity than the green tea. This fruit have anti inflammatory properties and the consumption of pomegranate juice have been proved to lower the blood pressure. As i told earlier,Pomegranate juice extract is a rich source of polyphenols which helps to protect cells from damage and lower inflammation in the body, this fruit's juice is very rich in vitamin C.One pomegranate provides about 40% of the daily requirement of this vitamin.Obviously its quite important to add this fruit in our diet.

Thursday, 11 February 2016

Kerala style of stir fries are well known for their simplicity and obviously for the flavors. They are just loaded with grated coconut which asks for a grounded mixture along with shallots, cumin seeds and green chillies/chilly powder. I have already prepared beetroot thoran couple of times but as usual i have completely forgotten to click some pictures and post in my space. While i cooked some beetroot thoran few weeks back, i clicked few pictures to save them here. As am running this week's blogging marathon with Anti inflammatory foods as theme, this stir fry sounds quite prefect to post under this theme. Beetroots are excellent anti inflammatory vegetables. Beets are a unique source of betaine, a nutrient which helps to protects cells, proteins and enzymes from the stress.Its known to helps improve vascular risk factors, protect internal organs and to fight inflammation.

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Bok Choy this chinese cabbage is loaded with many healthy stuffs in it. This bok choy belongs to the cruciferous family of vegetables which includes broccoli, kale,collard greens, cabbage, mustard greens, cauliflower and brussel sprouts.Not like other cruciferous vegetables this bokchoy dont form a head and its refers non heading chinese cabbage. This vegetable is loaded with many nutrients especially the antioxidant nutritious which provides many anti inflammtory benefits. This nutrients in bok choy hlep to prevent continous and unwanted inflammation.Not to forget this bok choy is rich in vitamin K which plays an important role in bone health and blood clotting also this vitamin K helps to regulate our body's inflammtary responses especially regarding our cardiovascular system.

Friday, 5 February 2016

Milk Halwa aka Thiratti paal is my most favourite sweets among all varieties of milk sweets exists in our Indian cuisine. Though thiratti paal asks for a long cooking process, i dont mind to make this ultimate sweet at home whenever i feel like having few spoons. Trust me i have even spend more than half an hour for cooking two cups of milk to get this beautiful sweet. I love it that much, my neighbour gave me full fat organic milk few days back as her daughter owns a organic farm. Obviously i couldnt resist to make my favourite thiratti paal with that organic milk.Actually thiratti paal is almost like paal khova but lemon juice is added in final stage of cooking to make this halwa.Nothing can beat this fantastic milk sweet, enjoy it at room temperature or chilled, all will definitely fallen in love with this sweet.

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Sunnundalu, this sweet is quite a popular one in Andhra, with just three ingredients you can make this healthy sweet in a jiffy. Sunnundalu or minapasunni is quite a healthy sweet, urad dal are in rich in iron and its quite advise to feed young gals with this laddoo. One small ball every morning will definitely keep you away from the lower back pain problem. This laddoo helps a lot in increasing haemoglobin levels in blood and makes the bone strong. Though my today's post goes for urad dal laddoo with sugar, some makes this cute balls with jaggery. Laddoo made with jaggery are more healthier than the sugar, however this laddoos are dangerously delicious coz of the use of ghee.

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Basundi is a one among the popular milk based dessert you can easily find in most of the marriage menu. This rich and delicious dessert is made simply with full fat milk, yes milk boiled in low heat with sugar until the milk gets reduced to half of the quantity makes this extremely delicious Basundi. Its quite a fantabulous sweet, one can enjoy along with some deep fried pooris, actually basundi makes an excellent pair with pooris. However people enjoy basundi chilled as much as like rabdi, an another milk dessert prepared almost like basundi. Basundi prepared with whole fat milk tastes absolutely divine and this dessert will definitely please everyone's tastebuds especially if you have sweet tastebuds.